Improvement in brackets for water-coolers



J. HEPPERLY.

BRACKETS FOR WATER-COOLERS.

Patented Dec.12,1876.

THE GRAPHIC COJLY UNITED STATES PATENT Qrrroa JACOB HEPPERLY, OF PEORIA,ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,232, dated December12, 1876; application filed November 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB HEPPERLY, ofPeoria, in the county of Peoria, in the State of Illinois, have inventeda Stand for VVater- Coolers, (stationary and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in whichFigure 1 represents a perspective view; Fig. 2, a vertical section online a a, Fig. 1.

This invention is an improvement in the mode of making and drainingstationary stands for water-tanks for drinking, and for guarding theadjacent walls or premises from splashes; and it consists of a shallowbasin, with supporting-tongues, wall-screens, Wastepipe, and a sidedrip-spout under the faucet of the tank, the whole being so constructedas at once to be fastened to the Wall or other support, or by thedownward lengthening of the guards to constitute the latter a sufiicientsupport, to answer at the same time as a Wallguard to interceptsplashes.

In the drawings, which represent one of the forms in which I constructthe stand, A represents the tank-support or stand, suspended by severaltongues, e, or vertical ofi'sets from the edges of the horizontal edgeof the same above and below, perlorated for screws, so as to secure thesame to the angle formed by the guards B B or the wall. The center ofthe stand Ais hollowed into a basin, a, with a side dripspout, d,projecting under the faucet of the tank to receive any drops from theformer, or waste-Water from a cup. This is formed or cast on the side ofthe basin nearest the wall, in case the device is attached to the openwall.

From the bottom of the basin opens a drain, fitted with a waste-pipe, b,which is bent so as to pass back through the guards B or the wallbehind, as in washing-basins and similar drains.

The basin or stand and tongues may be cast in metal, or made of anyconvenientmaterial, In one piece.

The side guards B B are used to support the stand, and partly inc-losethe same on two sides, and may be continued, if desired, to thebase-board or floor, to act as noncondnctors, or to isolate the tank asmuch as possible from contact with the heated walls of a room in summer.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The drinking-water stand A, withtongues e e, basin a, drip-spout d, and drain-pipe b, adapted forattachment to the guards B B, or to a wall or othersurface,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the basin-shaped stand A, having tongues e eand drain-pipe b, of the drip-spout d, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

3. The combination of the guards B, stand A a, titted with drain-pipe b,and spout d, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing stand for drinking-tanks I havehereunto set my hand this 1st day of November, A. l). 1876.

J AOOB I] EPPERLY.

Witnesses:

W. W. WELLS, JAMES M. MORSE.

